Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct vs Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-5bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 October 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
4.4 B
Context
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30d
3.6 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
lmstudio-community · B · Open weights
Params
5.5 B
Context
—
30d
3.6 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct | Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-5bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 4.4 B | 5.5 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 3,606,071 | 3,554,129 |
| Downloads all time | 31.0 M | 9.5 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-10-11 | 2026-08-14 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 89 days (28 Jul – 24 Oct)
4.7 M943 K
Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-5bit
A overtook B on 24 Oct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct · fp16
10.9 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-5bit · fp16
22.7 GB / 24 GB